Mal·lo·ry body (m l  -r )n. A poorly defined accumulation of eosinophilic material in the cytoplasm of damaged liver cells in certain forms of cirrhosis. |
Mallory body
[mal′ərē]
Etymology: Frank B. Mallory, American pathologist, 1862-1941; AS, bodig, body
an eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion, alcoholic hyalin, found in the liver cells. It is typically, but not always, associated with acute alcoholic liver injury. See also cirrhosis.
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